Effects of an intervention combining warm therapy with a digital distraction app on pain, stress, and satisfaction during intravenous catheterization in South Korea: a randomized controlled trial

• 발행기관: 한국기초간호학회
• 저자명: Jae-Kyeum Lee Ki-Yong Kim Yean-Hee Jeong Yu-Jin Lee Min-Ho Lee Myung-Haeng Hur
• 간행물 정보: 『Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science』제27권 제2호, 191~202쪽, 전체 12쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 의학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.05.31

국문 초록

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an intervention combining warm therapy (via a thermoelectric-element tourniquet) and a distraction-based approach (via an augmented reality-based app known as TWINKLE) on pain, stress, and satisfaction during intravenous catheterization in adults. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted in South Korea with 93 healthy adults who were randomly assigned to one of three groups: the experimental group (TWINKLE app with warm therapy), the comparison group (warm therapy only), and the control group (no treatment). Participants’ pain, stress, and satisfaction, as well as practitioner satisfaction, were measured after the intervention. Results: Pain scores differed significantly among the three groups (F = 5.68, p = .005), with the experimental group showing significantly lower scores than the control group (p = .003). Stress levels were also significantly lower in the experimental group than in the other groups (F = 9.42, p < .001). Participant satisfaction was highest in the experimental group (F = 17.65, p < .001), while nurse satisfaction was significantly higher in the comparison group than in the experimental and control groups (F = 67.91, p < .001), suggesting that the additional distraction intervention may have increased nurses’ workload. Conclusion: Combining digital distraction with warm therapy using a thermoelectric-element tourniquet effectively reduces pain and stress while improving patient satisfaction during intravenous catheterization. Further research is needed to optimize this approach, with a particular focus on targeting digital distraction interventions to patients with higher levels of procedural anxiety and finding ways to minimize practitioner workload.

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Catheterization Pain Patient satisfaction Job satisfaction Augmented reality